help on grabbing information from other sites

[pixeltrace]

hi,

 

i dont know if this is already a form of hacking.

but is there any php or any scripts that grabs a specfic information in a specific website

and send it to you via email?

 

or is there any scripts that can inform you via email whenever there are new items being posted on a specific website?

aside from rss feeds?

 

hope you could help me with this.

 

thanks so much!

[only one]

go to http://php.net

and serch the file() function

and html_special_chars() function

[aniesh82]

 

You need to get the mail regarding the changes on the site or any specify page on the site?

 

You can read the entire contents of the page (ex: list_items.php) using file_get_contents() function. Then store this  file in your site (ex: list_items.txt). Then  at regular time interval by reading the contents  of the page  (ex: list_items.php)  and check with the file (ex: list_items.txt) , you can find any changes on the specific page.

 

You can set the page used for checking as CRON JOB.